| Description | One of the Council of Antigua has informed him of the distress of the islands on the prospect of exportation being stopped to their ports, Congress has decided to petition the King for redress of grievances, it has already voted 10000 men for the protection of Boston and directed New York to raise 3000 for its particular safety, surprise at the Doctor's silence at the Congress, Lord Dunmore having called his assembly has necessitated the absence of the president, the Virginia speaker, the people of Virginia much exasperated with Dunmore's conduct of late |